10:04 PM ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge on Monday dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Watson’s latest rulings weren’t much of a surprise, given how he’d previously dismissed similar cases for the same reasons. Watson has said it’s clear that Strauss abused hundreds of young men while Ohio State officials turned a blind eye, but he ruled that the legal window for such claims has passed. “The Court hopes that, notwithstanding the Court’s ruling on the statute of limitations issue and fact that Ohio State’s voluntary settlement program has closed, Ohio State will stand by its promise to ‘do the right thing,’ and continue settlement discussions with Plaintiffs,” Watson wrote Monday. Asked for comment on that, Ohio State spokesperson Benjamin Johnson…
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